Cartridge belt or carrier.



F. R. B-ATCHELDER.

CARTRIDGE BELT 0R CARRIER.

. APPLICATION FILED IUN T. 1911. 1,176,266, Patented 1111111211916.

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F. R. BATCHELDER.

CARTRIDGE BELTA 0R CARRIER.v

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7, 19H. 1;?69266. Patented Mar. 21,1916.

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Wn es ses @wwf THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPM C0., WASHINGTON, D. C.

FA R. BATCHELDER.

CARTRIDGE BELT 0R CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILEDUNE 7| I9I`I.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

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@mmf/M @wwf THE COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. C.

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FRANKHB. BATGHELDER, OF WORCESEEB, MASSACHUSETTS.

Befit knownthat 1,1FRANK Ron BATCHEL- Dunya citizenaof'. theUnited States, residing` atefl/Vorcester, in the .county of.` Worcester, State of4 Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in kCartridgeBelts orCarriers, of which the followingaisa specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

Theinvention.has` relation "to the pockets ofsf'cartridge-belts or. carriers, and of other articleshaving.woven pockets, and to the protecting covers orfflaps for suchpockets. Y

Theiinvention comprises various improvementsf in double `or compound pockets of the class .inlwhichian external inclosing pocket orJpouchi-hasinserted into the same a pocket y or-pouch,- madeaseparately, and: secured in place..by.suitable fastenings.-

The.,v invention 1. consists .i in an inserted pocket of'seamlesstubular weave .having fins which `proj ect from` theexterior thereof, and whicha are engaged =by vsuitable` fastenings` which secure the-insertedpocket inplace within the inclosing pocket.

Embodiments of` the Ainvention .are .shown in :the drawings, in which-.`

Figure .l shows, aportion off a .cartridgebelt: containing anembodiment of the invention. FigjQfisza ,viewiinfplanvof foneof the i doubleL-pocketswof Fig. 1, with. the cover or flap.thereofeinfhorizontalsection on aline above itheitop Hoff-the said-l double. pocket. l Fige; Sheetfis awiew of the vpoclet B :of Figail; in section on==th'e,line-3,. 8.: Fig.V 4;, Sheet-1, isa viewxof. oneof the pockets Bf of Fig.v 1,; in section .fon-line. 4,1 4.a'V Fig. 5, Sheet Sgr-shows-separatelyoneaof the 'applied or `inserteda-'poekets.f Figa 6t same sheet, is altopedgewiew of a,pecket;web intendedutobexcut' A upeinto ,-,sep arate pockets .like that :.shown; in Fige- 5:=f. Fig..7,samelsheet, isl a perspective r view' offfthe said, pocket-web; Figs.` 8250.12," SheetiQ, show.r various :embodiments of the i invention; Q Figi-.- 13,?y Sheet 1 3,; showsVv sepa-V ratelvan-applied y or insertedpocket like rthat ofyfFig. 12.5 Fig-.i 14,3 same-sheet, shows .a pocket-web'adapted tobecut iup intopockets likethat yof Figl; Figsfl and 16,A Sheet 2, are sectional; views. of various embodiments-oftheiinvention. Fig.l lSheet l, is a.4 perspectivefviewofla further embodiment of theiinventiont. i

InaFigalAtheQoody ofthe icartridge-helt is V V:rnarlked'z A, and cartridgeepockets thereon aneemarkedi Bfr alhfoetheseabeing,of

PatentedMar. 2i, i916.`

Application led June?, `1911.- Serial No, 631,835.

the same .size` exteri0rly The flaps pertain- Y the division may be omitted and each may contain a single large compartment adapted toreceive two `sets of cartridges held in clips, side by-side, and contacting with each other, without' any partition or. other separation between the two sets,

Fig. l shows within each pocket B, B, B', aninserted pocket D or D; Each pocket D,

Vas shown by Fig. 3,is substantially equal in depth to the pocket B within which it is placed. i Each vpocket D, as shown by Fig. 4, isconsiderably shallower than `the pocket` B within which it is placed. In Fig. 4 the depth `ofapocket -Dx is approximately onehalf that of pocket B,although the relative sizesmay vary. Eachof the inserted pockets contains` within it oneof the compartmentsv of the double pocketwhile the other of` such compartments intervenesbetween one wall of the inserted pocket .and a wall of the inclosingpocket. As Ahereinbefore indicated, and in ,accordancewitlr one feature of the invention, the yinserted pocket is'of seamless tubular .weave,lwitha selvaged top edge that is finished in the weaving, and preferably,

though not .necessarily-'inail cases, it is woven with a closedbottom.. One of the pocketsUD `is, shown separately in Fig. 5, Sheet; readyfor being introduced into the inclosing. pocket B" with which it is to be Y combined. f The finswhich, as above described, are .provided upon the exterior of the inserted "pocketf are marked `D2, D2. They ,project from ,opposite side-portions of thesaid pocket. They vare shown in straight extended condition in Fig. `5,- and `of their fullv original proportions, while in Figsl, 2,

etc., they are shown trimmed to various widths Vvariously disposed `within the inclosing. pockets.

The inserted `pockets `1),'D, are produced byweavinga series or succession thereof in a continuous `web, andA afterward cutting themiaparti AA portion of aycontinuous web oflgfpokets -.D.,f DQ@ iS n represented. V in Figs.

6 and 7, Sheet 3. The said web is woven with tubular portions and with intermediate portions of solid weave. Each tubular portion is composed of two separate plies, d, (Z which in this instance are connected along one margin of the web to form the closed bottoms of the pockets. At the opposite margin of the web the said plies are woven with selvaged edges, smooth, rm and sesecure, bound and finished in the weaving. The tubular portions d, d', alternate with the'portions cl2, (Z2, of solid weave. The two plies of a pocket are joined together at opposite sides of the pockets in the said portions of solid weave, and the warp-threads of such plies are anchored in such portions at the said sides. To reduce the thickness of the portions of solid weave some of the warpthreads may be floated, as at d3, through the intermediate portion of the length of each portion of solid weave, and be subsequently trimmed away. The pockets D, D', are disconnected from one another by cutting the web` transversely on the lines w, ae,

Figs. V6 and 7, and the floated portions of warp-threads are trimmed olf, if this was not previouslyT done. The portions of solid weave left projecting from vopposite'sides of the pocket constitute the fins D2, D2. In Figs. 5, 6, and v7, one of the plies, d, of the tubular portion of a pocket is shorter than the other, and straight. It constitutes the back of the pocket. The other, d. is longer, and bulges forward. It constitutes the front of the pocket.

The location of the inserted pocket, and the manner of securing the same in place, may vary. In Figs. 1, 2, 3 (Sheet 2) and 4, each inserted pocket D, D', is located at the rear within the corresponding inclosing pocket, with its own back wall adjacent that of the said inclosing pocket. In these embodiments of the invention, the lower endportion of 'the cover or flap C intervenes between the back wall of the inserted pocket and the back wall of the inclosing pocket, and the Said back walls and the said intervening portion of the cover or flap are securely fastened together. In this instance the fastening means comprises rivets c, c, c, in the form of eyelets which pass through all three thicknesses. The covers or flaps C, C, etc., preferably, are respectively of a width slightly greater than that of the respective inclosing pockets, in order that when the iiaps are closed down into place their sideportions may completely overlie the side-portions of the pockets, so as to shield the same and protect the corresponding portions of the contents of the pockets. To enable the lower portions of the wide covers or flaps to be introduced into the inclosing pockets, the opposite side-margins of such portions are bent forward as shown in Fins. 1 and 2.

The relative disposition of the 'tins D2, D2,"

may vary. InFigs. 1 and 2 the fins of each inserted pocket B, are bent forward against the sides of the said pocket and then bent backward around the forwardly-bent sidemargins of the corresponding cover or flap C so as to inclose theI said margins. vFastenings, herein shown as stitches c', c, secure together the doubled-around fins and the coveror flap-margins which they inclose, such stitches passing through all three thick? nesses. The opposite'sidesof the inserted pocket are secured tothe opposite'sides of the inclosing pocket by fastenings which preferably are constituted by vertical'lines of stitches c2, c2. Y

In some cases it ma-y be found desirable to insert the pocket D or D into the inclosing pocket in the bulging Vside or front thereof turned toward the back of the inclosing pocket, as represented in Fig. 8, Sheet 2, and with the lins D2,D2, extending toward the front of the inclosing pocket and stitched or otherwise' fastened as at c3, c3, to the side-portions of the inclosing pocket. In this instance, the fastenings c, c,v c, engage'with the front7 of the inserted pocket D. The forwardlyturned sidefmarginsof the cover or Vflap C lie between theV oppositeY sides of the inserted pocket and the corre-V sponding sides of the inclosing pocket. The sides of one pocket are secured to those of the other by'fastenings c, c4, which in this instance are constituted by vertical lines of stitches. i

While ordinarily the inserted or innerA pocket will be located within the rear portion ofthe outer or inclosing pocket, so that one wall of the former will be close to the back wall of the outer or inclosing pocket, it may be desirable in somecases to locate the inner pocket, as shown in Fig. 9, Sheet 2. In such case, the bulging front wall of the inserted pocket will be fastened, as by rivets c5, c5, c5, to the front wall of the Vso loo

pocket within the forwardportion of the outer outer or inclosing pocket, and the fins D2,

lserted pockets has its bulging front turned toward the rear ofthe outer or inclosing pocket, and against the lower or inserted portion of the cover or flap C the fins of such inserted pocket being turned rear- A ward against the side portions ofV such pocket, and between such side-portions and As-l the-- forwardly-bent side-margins "of a cover orfflap; --fastenings:(stitches) 08, es, yserving to-secureftogether the sideJportions-of the two pockets with the fins and: side-margins ofthe-cover or flap between them. The in-v serted-pocket Dit occupies the front rportion of-fthefouter-:or `inclosing-poclret B3 with its fron-t in--rfcontactfwith -ithat ,of "pocket B31. Itsfins are turned forward between'its sideportions and thoseof thegxouter or inclosingV` pocket, fastenings '09, 09, serving .tow secure togetherl .1thefside-portions` of the respective pocketsv with-the saidfins interposed betweenthem:V The front wallof the said in# sertedfvpocket D'g -is Secured to the front wall ofV the 'outer lor l'inclosing pocket B3 by fasteninershere-constituted by rivets c1", c1",

c1". The contacting back walls of the insertedfpockets D3, D4, are fastened together,

as Iby'y stitches en? Figtlll shows 'a construction sin'which `a doubled inserted pocket D5 woven with two compartments,-one of the latter in front off the other thereof, is linsertedinto the otherv orinclosing pocket B5. The fastenings at the rear and sides of the inserted pocket, and-i the A*disposition-'fof .rthe fins,- u are rthesame as in Fig. 2, and the front wall of thewfront compartment of i the inserted pocket is attached to the front wall of the outer or `inclosing pocket by the rivets (eyelets)-c12, C12 012. .Y v

Fig. 12, Sheet 2, shows an inner pocket D6 disposed intermediately within a large outer orfincl'osingJpocketlB so as to provide-three c compartments. In this case the inner pocketM has formed upon its exterior, at opposite sides thereof, double fins D21, D21, the two members of each double fin being turned oppositely away from each other in Fig. 12 so as to lie against the inner surfaces of the side-portions of theouter or inclosing pocket at the front and rear, respectively, of theV inner or inserted pocket, the said members being suitably attached to the said side-portions as by vertical lines of stitches c, 013,

l and cl3, 013. The inserted pocket of Fig. 12

is shown separately in Fig. 18 of Sheet 3, and the method of producing the pocket is represented in Fig. 14 of the latter sheet. The method of producing the pocket with double fins is somewhat similar to that represented in Figs. 6 and 7 for producing inserted pockets with single fins. but differs therefrom in this, that the portions of web intervening between successive pockets D6,

entirely unconnected atl the. opposite. margin of the #web ,il then 1 solid fabric cl Visagain produced;` and `athenl .thernextrsucceeding` pocketzis formed by tubular weaving, and so ont; Thefpoclets are separatedv fromone another; by cutting transversely through the intermediate two ply portions on the lines y, y, F igszt. The two portions of a two-ply portion thus cut across constitute the double fins D?, D2?, of Figs. '11 and 12. The pockets thus producedhave, each, a `selvaged top edge,` 'which is `finished in: the weaving. i

Vhen the `inserted pocket is of less depth than the outer or inclosingpocket the said inserted pocket may be set lower down with in the outer or inclosing pocket than shown in F ig. 4, as `at D7 in Fig. 15, in which case two lines of rivets c, c, will be employed, one line, 015, passing through the back wall of the inserted pocket D7,the `lower endfof the cover or flap G13, and the back wall of the outer or inclosing pocket, and serving to unite all three together and secure the inserted pocket in place, `while the other line- 015 passes throughthe cover or flap and the back wall of the outer or inclosingpoclret above the top ofthe inserted pocket," and serves `simply to fasten the cover or `flap near the top ofthe outer or inclosing pocket.

Fig." 16 illustrates 1an instance in `which two covers or `flaps are provided, the one,` C15, for the inserted pocket DS, and the other, C14, to extend over the tops of both the inserted pocket and the outer or inclo`s' ing'pocket. Both of the said covers or flaps are attached by the same rivets (eyelets) 016. The cover or flap may be secured in place, and its attaching end protected or shielded, by inserting a short attaching por tion thereof between an inserted or applied pocket and an adjacent wall is illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, 15, 16 and 17. As indicated in Figs. 3, 4;, 15 and 16. in which are shown pockets variously applied by being inserted within outer or inclosing pockets, the said attaching portion need extend below the upper end of the inserted or applied pocket only sullicientlv to provide for the proper engagement therewith of the fastenings by which the cover or flap is secured in place. Fig. 17 illustrates a construction in which small pockets D. D9, formed separately as illustrated in Fig. 5, are attached to the surface of the body A', of the belt. partly by rivets (Z9. d, passing through the projecting portions or tins D2 of such small pockets and the said body, the said projecting portions or fins being doubled back upon themselves to conceal their cut ends, and partly bv other rivets d10, all". d1", passine' through the upper portion of the back of the applied pocket. In this instance the attaching portion of the cover or flap C1 is inserted between the back of the applied pocket D and engaged by the fastenings d10, all", etc., that secure the said pocket D9 across its top. The mode of combining the cover or flap with the applied pocket and `the body of the cartridge-belt is the same in the case of each of the applied pockets of rig. 17.V

yupon such pocket and also Woven With a seamless closed bottom, and fastenings engaging with the said fins and securing the inserted pocket in place Within the inclosing pocket. Y

3. The combination With an outer or inclosing pocket, of an inserted pocket of seamless tubular'iveave having lateralv ns which project from the exterior thereof, fastenings engaging with the said fins, and other fastenings engaging with one of the Walls of the inserted pocket, such fastenings securing the said pocket in place Within the inclosing pocket.

' 4. Thecombinationvvith anouteror in;

closing pocket, of an inserted pocket of seamless tubular Weave having lateral Vfins which project from the exterior-thereof,- and also Woven with a seamless closed bottom, fastenings engaging with the saidns, and other fastenings engaging With one of the Walls of the inserted pocket, such fas-f tenings securing the said vrpocket in place Within the inclosingpocket.

5. The combination With an` outer or in- I.

closing pocket, of an inserted pocket lhaving lateral fins Whioh'project from the outside thereof, such fins extending vertically up.

and down the pocket and fastenings engaging with the said finsvand securing the inpocket. Y Y a :6, The combination with an outeror inserted pocket'in place Withinthe inclosing closing pocket, of an inserted pocket hav-` the inserted pocket in place Within the in-AY closing pocket. v

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature 1n presencelof two witnesses.

Witnesses: Y RosA F. VooDcooK, lGRACE E. MINo'r.

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Washington, D. G. Y

FRANK aBliTCHELDER.. 

